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Information processing apparatus and method for handling formsRelated Patent Categories: Data Processing: Presentation Processing Of Document, Operator Interface Processing, And Screen Saver Display Processing, Presentation Processing Of Document, Display ProcessingInformation processing apparatus and method for handling forms description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060136820, Information processing apparatus and method for handling forms. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a printing system that uses, for example, forms. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] There is a known system in which form data indicating a form part is created in advance, and data of numerical values and character strings are overlaid at predetermined places of the form data and are printed or displayed. Furthermore, there is a known technology for setting a break key in the middle of a field (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-222497). [0005] There is another known technology in which, when a desired column of records is specified and a change of data (a break of continuous records) occurs in the records of the specified column, a break such as a line break is inserted, and when a change of data occurs in the records of a column that is not specified, a break is not inserted (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. H07-175870). [0006] It is assumed in this embodiment that, when record data corresponding to a field that is stored and arranged as AAAABBBBCCCC in a database changes, at the position of each "/" of AAAA/BBBB/CCCC, a change of record data (a break of record data) occurs. [0007] However, in the related art, the setting of the break items is fixed for each form. For this reason, as a means for switching between inserting a page break and not inserting a page break and for displaying or printing it, it is necessary to create a duplicate form in which only break settings are different. For example, when it is desired to create a list of names in department units and in section units, it is necessary to create a form in which a break is set to "section" and a form in which a break is set to "department", and this is inefficient. Furthermore, it is necessary for a user to consciously specify a form, and the user becomes burdened. [0008] Alternatively, as another means, there is a known technique for extracting only the data to be displayed or printed without beginning a new page. However, this takes time and effort of changing extraction conditions again each time a display or a printing is performed. [0009] Another disadvantage is that, when a printing is performed, a field in which a break is set cannot be changed dynamically and flexibly. Another problem is that, when a printing is performed, jobs are made separate, and a job may be interrupted by another job. Still yet another disadvantage is that, when a plurality of breaks are set, a break setting competition occurs between a high-order break (for example, a department break) and a low-order break (for example, a section break). SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010] The present invention overcomes the aforementioned disadvantages. [0011] One feature is that duplicate forms in which break settings are different need not to be created and efficient management of forms is made possible. [0012] The present invention provides an information processing method capable of processing form data in which fields are defined and each of the fields is a field with a plurality of record data, the information processing method including the steps of specifying fields in which at least one break is set, the field being contained in form data, in case where print instruction is input and break changing instruction is input, obtaining a change instruction from an operator for changing break setting for at least one of the fields specified in the specifying step, and inserting a break instruction at a place where a data break occurs in the field for which the break setting is set. [0013] Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same or similar parts throughout the figures thereof. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0014] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate various embodiments, features and aspects of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. [0015] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall exemplary configuration of a computer that operates in this embodiment. [0016] FIG. 2 shows an example of a memory map in which a program is loaded into a RAM in FIG. 1. [0017] FIG. 3 shows an exemplary memory map indicating data inside an FD in FIG. 1. [0018] FIG. 4 shows a flowchart showing the flow of exemplary processing according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [0019] FIG. 5 shows a flowchart showing the flow of exemplary processing for analyzing forms. [0020] FIG. 6 shows an example of a property dialog window of a break. [0021] FIG. 7 shows an example of a flowchart showing the flow of exemplary processing according to the embodiment of the present invention. Continue reading about Information processing apparatus and method for handling forms... Full patent description for Information processing apparatus and method for handling forms Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Information processing apparatus and method for handling forms patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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